Bristol will become one of the first cities in the country to access super-fast broadband after getting a grant from the Government.

That means businesses, schools and hospitals can soon be fitted with the lightning-fast one gigabit-per-second download speeds offered by full-fibre broadband soon.

But with most of it aimed at businesses via a voucher scheme, residents will still have to wait to have the same access at home.

Company thinkbroadband.com, which charts broadband speeds across the country, found a stark contrast in broadband speeds across the BS postcodes.

The research, which includes data from more than 5,000 homes in the BS postcode areas, show those in Westbury-on-Trym have among the highest speeds anywhere in the world. But anyone living in North Somerset might find themselves lagging well behind.

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The company, which was previously used by Bristol City Council for a city-wide survey, regularly produces reports over a three-month period to get the most accurate readings.

Andrew Ferguson, editor at the company, told the Bristol Post most of the speed checks on their website were done by home owners with modest broadband speeds.

And information collected over a three-month period means a better representation of the numbers. Tests were done in the second-quarter of the year, ie April, May, June.

He said: “As the latest figures show, Bristol is an area of stark contrasts.

“The BS9 area has an average download speed of 44.7 Mbps and is doing exceptionally well internationally as it is second only to the speeds found in Singapore, the country with the fastest download speeds globally.”